Apparatus and method for modulation/demodulation for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system

• US 10,050,820 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2015
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Sung-Nam, Park, Woo-Myoung, Sagong, Min, Ahn, Seok-Ki, Lim, Chi-Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): LAM, KENNETH T
• Application Number:
  US15/510,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20170324605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/106 M-ary FSK
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/12 Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2636 with FFT or DFT modulators, e.g. standard single-carrier frequency-division multiple access [SC-FDMA] transmitter or DFT spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing [DFT-SOFDM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/26526 with inverse FFT [IFFT] or inverse DFT [IDFT] demodulators, e.g. standard single-carrier frequency-division multiple access [SC-FDMA] receiver or DFT spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing [DFT-SOFDM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2697 in combination with other modulation techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3488 Multiresolution systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3494 using non - square modulating pulses, e.g. using raised cosine pulses; Partial response QAM, i.e. with partial response pulse shaping QAM over partial response channels H04L25/497
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/36 Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/363 using non - square modulating pulses, modulators specifically designed for this transmission of non - square QAM H04L27/3494
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/38 Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits

Abstract

A method for modulation in a transmitter for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for determining a modulation scheme; a step for, if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a specific modulation scheme, converting encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols in accordance with a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the converted QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting signals by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols and the selected sequence; and a step for transmitting the outputted signals to a receiver.

Claims

1. A modulation method in a transmitter that transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, the modulation method comprising:

determining a modulation scheme;

converting encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols according to a predetermined QAM modulation order if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a particular modulation scheme;

selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length;

outputting a signal by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols by the selected sequence; and

transmitting the output signal to a receiver.

2. The modulation method of claim 1, further comprising scrambling the output signal in a unit of a subcarrier, after outputting the signal.

3. The modulation method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the modulation scheme comprises:

receiving at least one of information about a channel status, information about an operable modulation scheme, or information about a supportable channel code from the receiver; and

determining the modulation scheme based on the received information about the operable modulation scheme and information about the supportable channel code.

4. The modulation method of claim 3, further comprising applying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level determined based on the information about the channel status and transmitting the output signal to the receiver, and at a same time, transmitting the determined modulation scheme and the determined MCS level to the receiver.

5. The modulation method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the modulation scheme comprises:

receiving at least one of information about a channel status or information about performance boosting from the receiver; and

determining the modulation scheme and whether a performance boosting mode is applicable in the particular modulation scheme, based on the information about the performance boosting.

6. The modulation method of claim 5, wherein the information about the performance boosting comprises information indicating whether the receiver needs to perform the performance boosting in the particular modulation scheme and information indicating whether the performance boosting mode is executable in the receiver.

7. The modulation method of claim 5, further comprising applying an MCS level determined based on the information about the channel status and transmitting the output signal to the receiver, and at a same time, transmitting the determined MCS level and the determination of whether the performance boosting mode is applicable in the particular modulation scheme to the receiver.

8. A demodulation method in a receiver that receives a signal in a wireless communication system, the demodulation method comprising:

receiving a signal from a transmitter;

extracting sequence information corresponding to the received signal from a sequence set based on a correlation corresponding to the sequence set, predetermined in the transmitter; and

demodulating the received signal based on the received signal and a log likelihood ratio (LLR) calculation result corresponding to the sequence information,

wherein the received signal is a signal obtained by converting encoded information bits into quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols according to a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting a signal by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols by the selected sequence.

9. The demodulation method of claim 8, further comprising scrambling the received signal in a unit of a subcarrier, after receiving the signal.

10. The demodulation method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting at least one of information about a channel status, information about an operable modulation scheme, and information about a supportable channel code to the transmitter.

11. The demodulation method of claim 10, further comprising receiving a signal from the transmitter, and at a same time, receiving a modulation scheme and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level, which are applied to the received signal, from the transmitter,

wherein the received modulation scheme and MCS level are used during the demodulation.

12. The demodulation method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting at least one of information about a channel status or information about performance boosting to the transmitter.

13. The demodulation method of claim 12, wherein the information about the performance boosting comprises information indicating whether the receiver needs to perform the performance boosting in a particular modulation scheme and information indicating whether the performance boosting mode is executable in the receiver.

14. The demodulation method of claim 13, further comprising receiving a signal from the transmitter, and at a same time, receiving an MCS level applied to the received signal and information about whether the performance boosting mode is applied in the particular modulation scheme, from the transmitter,

wherein the received MCS level and the received information about whether the performance boosting mode is applied in the particular modulation scheme are used during the demodulation.

15. An apparatus that modulates and transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a modulator configured to determine a modulation scheme, to convert encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols according to a predetermined QAM modulation order if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a particular modulation scheme, to select a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, to repeat the QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and to output a signal by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols by the selected sequence; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the output signal to a receiver.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a scrambler configured to scramble the output signal in a unit of a subcarrier.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the modulator is further configured to, upon receiving at least one of information about a channel status, information about an operable modulation scheme, or information about a supportable channel code from the receiver, determine the modulation scheme based on the received information about the operable modulation scheme and information about the supportable channel code.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the transmitter is further configured to apply a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level determined based on the information about the channel status and transmit the output signal to the receiver, and at a same time, transmit the determined modulation scheme and the determined MCS level to the receiver.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the modulator is further configured to, upon receiving at least one of information about a channel status or information about performance boosting from the receiver, determine the modulation scheme and whether a performance boosting mode is applicable in the particular modulation scheme, based on the information about the performance boosting.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the information about the performance boosting comprises information indicating whether the receiver needs to perform the performance boosting in the particular modulation scheme and information indicating whether the performance boosting mode is executable in the receiver.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the transmitter is further configured to apply an MCS level determined based on the information about the channel status and transmit the output signal to the receiver, and at a same time, transmit the determined MCS level and the determination of whether the performance boosting mode is applicable in the particular modulation scheme to the receiver.

22. A apparatus that receives and demodulates a signal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a signal from a transmitter;

a correlator configured to extract sequence information corresponding to the received signal from a sequence set based on a correlation corresponding to the sequence set, predetermined in the transmitter; and

a demodulator configured to demodulate the received signal based on the received signal and a log likelihood ratio (LLR) calculation result corresponding to the sequence information,

wherein the received signal is a signal obtained by converting encoded information bits into quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols according to a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting a signal by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols by the selected sequence.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a descrambler configured to descramble the received signal in a unit of a subcarrier.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit at least one of information about a channel status, information about an operable modulation scheme, or information about a supportable channel code to the transmitter.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a signal from the transmitter, and at a same time, receive a modulation scheme and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level, which are applied to the received signal, from the transmitter.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the demodulator is further configured to demodulate the received signal by using the received modulation scheme and MCS level.

27. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit at least one of information about a channel status or information about performance boosting to the transmitter.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the information about the performance boosting comprises information indicating whether the receiver needs to perform the performance boosting in a particular modulation scheme and information indicating whether the performance boosting mode is executable in the receiver.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a signal from the transmitter, and at a same time, receive an MCS level applied to the received signal and information about whether the performance boosting mode is applied in the particular modulation scheme, from the transmitter.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the demodulator is further configured to demodulate the received signal by using the received MCS level and the received information about whether the performance boosting mode is applied in the particular modulation scheme.